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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1992

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ CHINA, THE USA, CANADA, FRANCE, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM TAIWAN, BY 59%, 50%, 48%, 40%, 39%, 37% AND 34% RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SINGAPORE ALSO GREW, BY 20% AND 19% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY RECORDED A SLIGHT GROWTH OF 2%.

COMPARING THE YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR 1990, THE VALUE EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ FRANCE, CHINA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CANADA, THE USA, JAPAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY 41%, 38%, 37%, 30%, 26%, 21% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 17% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 4%.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

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COMPARING THE YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING $15,879 MILLION OR 33%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES $14,943 MILLION OR 27%); TEXTILES (BY $11,390 MILLION OR 24%); FOOTWEAR (BY $9,727 MILLION OR 71%).

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $477 MILLION OR 12%), AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $65 MILLION OR 9%).

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER 1991 WILL BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY

ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE DECEMBER 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN DECEMBER 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND FEBRUARY 21, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 582 4915).

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